
If We Were Villains: A Novel

He finds the words in a book: A tree is a passage between earth and sky. He messes up passage.
Richard Powers • The Overstory: A Novel


"My dear Athos, I admire you, but nevertheless we were in the wrong, after all." "How, in the wrong?" said Athos. "Whose, then, is the air we breathe? Whose is the ocean upon which we look? Whose is the sand upon which we were reclining? Whose is that letter of your mistress? Do these belong to the cardinal? Upon my honor,
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